I Want to Hear the Voice of the Mute Princess

Finally, that day came.

I’ve been agonizing over it for so long, wondering if there was any other way.

But in the end, there was only one answer.

I will stand at the center of the civil war that will overturn the empire’s situation and fight to find and defeat the demon who cursed her.

I might die at any moment during this process.

So asking her to irresponsibly wait for me was something I couldn’t bring myself to do.

“This lifetime… ”

Because I resolved to make her happy.

If she can be happy, nothing else matters.

…Even if I’m not by her side in the end.

That’s why I said to her,

“Let’s break up.”

The always expressionless princess showed confusion in front of me for the first time.

And soon after, she smiled and nodded.

On the day of the academy’s graduation ceremony.

Four years after our engagement.

…We broke up.